Discover how helping dogs are trained to help their handlers so they can live independently.

"It's hard to understand about the needs of service dogs, and how to act around them unless you have one. Fake service dogs are unfortunately a thing, and so is ignorance about service dogs. So, what's the big deal? Why does it matter? It matters because this leads to safety concerns for handlers and their service dogs. In this book, real service dogs introduce the world to the life of a service dog. You'll learn about how hard working and how different...

"The text opens with a true story of a guide dog, and then it explains the history of guide dogs and the training methods used to transform an ordinary dog into a canine hero"--Provided by publisher.